Originally Posted by
flargle
Back when I bothered keeping track, this worked well:
But I can say from experience that the legs don't care whether or not you keep track of the miles.
Agreed. This is less about keeping track of miles and more for me to see if I can stick to a plan and give myself some sort of piece of mind come race day. It's an awful feeling knowing that you could have done something more but sat on the couch instead. I say this from experience.
Originally Posted by
flargle
The day before a race I ride down to the local park, do a few dismounts/remounts/figure-8s/etc, do a few "leg-openers", make sure the bike is running right, then go home. IMO there's no sense in doing anything more, bike-wise. Take care of chores, have some "quality family time", etc, so you can race with a clear mind on Sunday.
I definitely see some truth in this. That seems to be a great pre-race Saturday ritual, and a +1 for getting some family time in before I soak up 6 hours with a CX race/travel.
Originally Posted by
flargle
The day after a race OTOH is a great day to punish yourself. Then Thursday you can get another good day of quality without compromising your race day. I would make one of the quality days cross-specific, for example put together a circuit that takes about five minutes and has one nasty run-up, and do 5-8 HARD repeats with 4 minute rests.
This seems counter to other things I've read, in that Monday (or Sunday) is the day to just spin your legs out and recover. I trust in Flargle, as you've given me and others plenty of solid advice, but the analyst in me has to question conflicting advice. Thanks for reading my post in any case!